(WiPC/IFEX) – WiPC welcomes the release of writer and medical doctor Abdul Aziz Al-Khayer on 3 November 2005 under a Presidential Amnesty to mark the Muslim Eid holiday. Medical doctor and dissident writer Abdul Aziz Al-Khayer was arrested in Damascus on 1 February 1992 and sentenced to 22 years’ imprisonment for his membership of the […]
(WiPC/IFEX) – WiPC welcomes the release of writer and medical doctor Abdul Aziz Al-Khayer on 3 November 2005 under a Presidential Amnesty to mark the Muslim Eid holiday.
Medical doctor and dissident writer Abdul Aziz Al-Khayer was arrested in Damascus on 1 February 1992 and sentenced to 22 years’ imprisonment for his membership of the Hizb al-‘Amal al-Shuyu’I (Party for Communist Action), which is not known to have used or advocated violence. He was convicted in August 1995 by the Syrian State Security Court (SSSC) at a grossly unfair trial. His writings include many political essays, including “Nuptials of Dictatorship”, and a publication called “The Black Book” which reportedly alleged corruption in Assad’s regime.
